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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,562, dated April 6,1886.

Application filed January Q8, 1886. Serial No. 190,015. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, SYLvaNUs D. Locrrn, of Hoosicl; Falls, in the countyof Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certainV new anduseful Improvements in Harvesters, of which the following is aspecilication.

My invention relates mainly to that class of harvesti11g-machines inwhich the grain, after being cut or laid upon the platform, is carriedsidewise by raking apparatus up over au elevator, as in the well-knownMarsh type, and delivered to a binding-table or to an automatic binder,or dropped upon the ground; and for the purpose of properly illustratingthe various features I have represented them in connection with amachine of such construction.

rlhe improvement consists in connecting with the draft-tongue one arm ofan elbowlever hinged to the framing of the machine, and to the other armof said lever a threaded rod passing through a correspondinginternally-threaded block or bracket, whereby the machine may be tiltedby turning said rod, and in other combinations and details ot'construction hereinafter described..

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of a machine embodyingmy improvements; and Fig. 2 is an Velevation from the stubble-side ot'the machine with the grainchute broken away and other parts in section.

The machine consists, primarily, of a platform, A, at the forward edgeof which is arranged asickle bar or critter, and upon which the grain'falls as cut thereby, an elevatorframe, r rising from the platform to apoint above the main drive-wheel, and thence eX- tending down on theopposite side, two supporting-wheels, B and B', the former of whichcarries the principal weight of the machine and serves as thedriving-wheel, from which motion is transmitted to the operating partsof the machine, andthe latter being the grainwheel, and a strong framesupporting the apparatus on the axle of the drive-wheel.

The elevator-frame is braced by diagonal brace-bars a, arranged asshown; but this feature I have incorporated in the subjectmatter ofanother application, tiled in the Patent Office of the United States onthe 11th day of May, 1883, Serial number 94,633, and will not furtherallude to it herein.

sented in Fig. 2, the axle being furnished withv pinions meshing withsegmental racks, a lever being provided for rotating the pinions, andsuitable detcnts being employed for holding the pinions against rotationafter adj ustment, as in Letters Patent granted to me bearing dateJanuary 11th, 1881, and numbered 236,503, to which reference is made fora more full description.

In adjusting the machine to any considerable extent upon thedriving-wheel its balance is changed somewhat, owing to the segmentaloutline of the standards in which said wheel is supported, and it isdesirable to provide means to compensate for such change, or forestablishing a proper balance when wanting from any cause. It is,moreover, desirable to place the seat lower down than has heretoforebeen customary, and iu suoli position that the driver may see thebinding-table, as well as the grain-platform, and that his line of sightmay strike the standing grain before the cntters at a very moderateinclination. For this purpose, and in order, also, to permit the variouslevers and other devices by which the different groups of mechanism arecontrolled or adjusted to be brought directly and conveniently into thereach of the driver, I mount the seat G upon the rearwardly-projectingbeam C', which runs longitudinally beneath the elevator-frame, thestandard c of said seat being seated in a casting, c', which isadjustable forward and backward upon the beam, and is held at anydesired adjustment by means of a bolt, c2, passing through the steporcasting and through one of a series of holes in the beam. Thuslocated, the seat is convenient to mount, and the driver seated thereincommands aview of the raking-platform and the binding-table on oppositesides of the elevator, and a low-down view of the standing grain,besides being in a convenient position to reach the lever for raisingand lowering the machine, the device for IOC adjusting the tongue, andthe levers for varying the position of the reel.

The step or casting c is formed with an inclined socket to receive theseat-standard, and with a foot-rest, c, to receive the feet of thedriver. The standard may be bolted in the socket; but ordinarily itsleverage willbe sufficient to conne it therein, and for the purpose ofstaying it when so confined, and to permit its ready removal oradjustment, I provide a rod, c4, having its inner end bent to hook intoan eye or staple on the frame of the machine, and having a series ofperforations at its outer end, to receivea hook or pin on theseat-standard bent at such an angle that after the rod has been appliedthereto and hooked into its eye on the frame it cannot be removedwithout first releasing it from said eye.

As the adjustment of the machine bodily upon the axle tends to changethe relation of the draft-tongue to the team, and as it is frequentlydesirable to change the angle of the cutters to the ground or to raiseor to lower them by rocking the harvester upon the carrying-wheels, Ihave provided means whereby the tongue may be moved positively upon itshinge, thus causing the front of the harvester to sink or to rise, asmay be, as the tongue conforms itself to the draft. This tongue D ishinged or jointed to the frame, as usual, and is connected at a suitabledistance from said joint by a link, d, with one arm of an elbow-lever,d', the other arm of which is connected by a ball-and-socket orequivalent j oint to the forward end of a rod or shaft, d2, which isthreaded at its rear end, passes through a similarly-threaded arm orbracket, d3, and is provided within reach of the drivers seat with acrank, d, or a hand-wheel by which to turn it. The rotation of the rodor shaft causes it to and I therefore do not lay any claim to ityherein; but

What I do claim is- 1. In combination with the draft tongue hinged or jointed to the framing of the machine, an elbow-lever having one armconnected with the tongue and the other connected with a threaded rodpassing through a correspondingly-threaded block or bracket, as and. forthe purpose set forth.

2. In combination with the hinged tongue, an elbow-lever connectedtherewith,and a threaded rod connected by a universal jointwith theelbow-lever, whereby the rod is permitted both to rotate and to movebackward and forward with the lever in adjusting the tongue.

3. In combination with the tongue hinged near theufront of the elevator,and with the drivers seat located directlyin rear of the elevator, anelbow lever connected with the tongue and a threaded rod passinglongitudinally beneath the elevator, and at its front connected with theelbow-lever by a flexible joint and at its rear provided with a crank orhand-wheel within reach of the driver in his seat.

SYLVANUS D. LOCKE. Vitnesses:

PAUL ARNOLD, LEONARD VAssALL.

